Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-08-05
STORIES OF CRIMINALS.
AM EXAMPLE oF.4okesTY IS The
p BEST POLICY"

A sfisonss Threatened with Cerebro-
stinsa Nenissiti--The Hero Of - Hun.
drsd Rurglart&--Bsrriarsa n n "Lesii-
mae etVocation''-No'I Inrdon.
Weshave at the New York state reform
ntosy u easaistry class One morning the
teather said: Nov, boys, | would like
to get your opinion whether, from the
standpoint of moral -casuistry. honesty Is
tho best policy, after ak" One Of those
fellows answered: Il believe that honesty
is the liza policy, though | am not an
honest man myself. l Know two fellows
in New I,fk, who used To be crooks, and
We're saways getting into trouble. but they
reformed and got in luck They went
over TO Philadelphia and went into the
clothing buAneSs first as clerks. ard they
kept righrsong for eight or nine years,
and finally they, got to own an establish
meht, and peoplr had confidence in them,
and they gst creslit 10 the extent of $500,
nv, and they got away with the whole
offt."
When IN the Ohio penitentary one day,
tlse-wife II y prisoner, an accomplished
New England lady, handsome, cultivated,
irresistible-to the chaplain, anyhow
tlilttS W ~ Win HtE 10 tue
governor 10 ask for his pardon. | had to
say To her: "No, madam, there are a hun
dred men here more deserving pf a par
don than your husband | will Introduce
you To the governor, but will not intercede
for the pardon Of your husband l took
the precaution t0 go 10 the governor in ad-
vance and explain to him the situai ion.
She presented certificate from he prison
tf,t. a
Charles W, convicted. at such time
and place, Of the crime Of larceny Of
horse and buggy. is now under conviction
for his first ofiense. and he is in imminent
danger Of C-e-r-e-b r-o-spinal-m EN-
menin-inening-i-ti- $" kt once he ey-
claimed: 'HiuoI heavens las he got all
that, Let him co. His .lerk made out
the necessary papers for ,he prisoners re-
lease. IL required four Men 10 hold him
in the prison hospital. and four men to
take him from the hospital TO the carriage
A half an hour later found him lying in
bed inthe fourth story of hotel. having
walked up stairs without any assistance
whatever. ...
HUNDRED BCEGLARIES.
I mce had the pleasure of making a
visit, with the governor of the state OF
Illinois. TO the penitentiary at Toilet
There was confined in il AT he time a very
noted HIrglar from the city Of Chnago.
The governor had promised that he would
have some conversation with him in re-
gard 10 an alibi which he claimed 10 be
able 10 prove and which w,lI5 establish
his inmrenee Of the crime of which he had
been convicted !had some impression of
the character Of this man when I SAN tho
warden. ON sending for him. omen drawer
in his desk take ONT a revolver ana nnt
1t in his ppcket Tn, priso,..r VAS h,o,gbt
in. .and the euyefnos. js,f.nAd tn tbA t,Ie ~
his alibi, At its conclusion he manfred.
"How many burglsries have YOU ever
aosHmittedf,' -.
sssK don 4 know, governor. neGer kept
count. I-xuppose about . hantfreI''
ssYoQ have been . very md MN ~
yxiD ssys, 50, eovsrnors'
FFhe revernor wss .1aksu smewbat
nAaok, end answerei: seFheS BSbapers.
's.Ehy. governor. I hav0 4 n vour
kane in the newspspers eonsaor twice.
s98heyswili say such sAings &11Dt man
- 1sut position what muse - xpected
- . man In miAey'
& 1EN vent on 70 remark faak: he need
have no hesitation in granting him q par
don. for. though he made no professions
of repentance-it wnld b.. absurd to do
-he had eome to the conclusion.
while IN prison, that a life Of crime docs
not pay. He had tried it. He had been
all his life burglar, he had robbed
banks. he had had hundreds of thousands
ofdiollars pass through his hands and he
was just Is por as when he began. aud.
having come 10 That concItlsion. he felt
that the goyernor might 4fely nelease
.himy since he fully meant "a quit the
bifsifess and follow some other pursuit +,
for living.
A LEGITIMATE VOCATION
But in 30 far as burglary in itse,f was
opnerned. he wished him to understand
that he regarded. it as inst as legitimate
n vocation, I'm life rs the practice of Law
or of med isiue-,,r, the pr,aef,inr of the
GosDel
! fhe governor. asked. "Huw do Won
maxi. that otlf,'' ... .frr
"Why. propertv has certain ri,rbts
powers and privileges. II must have
correspondiug obligations. and the first
6ifV of urotRrty r. To take scare of itself
.i .itee s''ies "niiiS " ensiai business, anu
NOV. ~, ,,.o ,,,srct,,ntS' fa,,;Iio, ~,
hann.nss Trv, of tn. marcbants "a,n
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